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I bought a Toshiba Satellite A300 laptop in Edmonton Canada in April but I live in Dundee Scotland and I keep getting the message 'You are on Region 1, change to Region 2 or 4'. But when I go to Regional Settings there are no Region numbers, only countries. I have tried Uk and Canada but no joy. How can I run DVDs on my laptop in Scotland?
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